by Dr. Jared Staudt | Feb 20, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks, Prayer
Though often forgotten today, the Ember Days are among the oldest traditions of the Church’s calendar. The Romans marked the beginning of new seasons with particular times of prayer, which were embraced by the early Christians of Rome. The Ember Days focus on...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Feb 15, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks, Prayer
Lent invites us to conversion, turning to God in prayer while turning away from our attachments. But, if we turn to God, we must also reach out to others in charity, which is why almsgiving is essential to Lent. In addition to giving charitable alms, we can also...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Feb 14, 2024 | Articles, Lent, Prayer
Who would want to surrender before the battle even begins? Unlike attacks from the outside, discouragement strikes us from within, sapping our willingness to fight. Our adversary, the devil, knows this, of course, and works his best tricks to lead us into...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Feb 1, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks, Prayer
When we complain about the Church and the world, we take out steam, but it often doesn’t lead to much action. The saints, however, took a different approach: to become the renewal through their own conversion to the Lord. God renews the Church through holiness, which...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Feb 1, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks, Prayer
In Acts of the Apostles, Paul’s disciples were accused of turning the world upside down (Acts 17:6). By that, we should understand that it went right side up. The Gospel focuses primarily on the Kingdom of God, but, if we live within the Kingdom, we will become a...
by The Exodus Team | Dec 21, 2023 | Exodus 90, Prayer
Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI spoke extensively on the power of beauty, once stating: “The encounter with the beautiful can become the wound of the arrow that strikes the heart and in this way opens our eyes” (General Assembly, August 31,...
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